Re: (ReacTor) Five SFF Books Featuring Frigid, Icy Worlds

On 8/8/24 2:41 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:

The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> writes:

On Fri, 02 Aug 2024 14:21:09 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
wrote:
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jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) writes:

In article <5ronajlqeri1p8akcnfdg2q8t4e9407cs2@4ax.com>,
The Horny Goat  <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

RrOn Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:30:02 -0400, William Hyde
<wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
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Many people from Ontario spend winter or part of winter in Florida.  So
there's plenty of opportunity for cross-contamination.

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Could be worse - some 30-40 years ago they ran a tourist promotion
inviting people to Ontari-air-io.
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One wonders how many Americans were confused.
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Mind you I've met a few Americans thinking British Columbia was in
Central America...and that we spoke Spanish. Uh no.

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That's not completely unexpected.   Southern Californians will
associated BC with Baja California rather than British Columbia;
when I first moved to LA in the 80's, I couldn't figure out why
so many cars had British Columbia licence plates (BC).

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I don't understand that since British Columbia licence plates have

 How many Americans have ever _seen_ a British Columbia license plate,
outside of Washington state?

Extrapolating from one person's data (mine): Not too many, at least not east of the Mississippi River.
Over the last 3-4 years, we've done a lot of driving, almost all of it east of the Mississippi River, and north of North Carolina. To alleviate tedium and monotony while I'm doing the driving, one thing I do is keep track of state/country license plates. I have seen British Columbia plates, but it is rare.
Tony